Umpire Grade · Blue Notes

Mike Estabrook

18 games graded behind the plate.

Season Grade

93.3% avg

Avg Swing

runs / game

ABS Overturns

44/76 calls

Best game 99.2% · worst 90.2%. Grade is accuracy on taken pitches vs the rulebook zone; ABS is the Automated Ball-Strike System challenge record (how often the robots overruled him).

The games

Game	Grade	Favor	ABS	Blue Note
TB @ BOS2026-07-17	A-	0.2 TB	0/2	Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.
PHI @ CIN2026-07-09	B	0.7 CIN	2/3	You had to throw it down Broadway to get the call.
NYM @ ATL2026-07-05	B+	0.2 ATL	4/7	Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment.
DET @ NYY2026-06-30	B+	0.2 DET	5/7	Hawkeye clocked in early and stayed late.
MIN @ TEX2026-06-18	C+	1.0 TEX	1/2	Not the sharpest, and the grade agrees.
COL @ ATH2026-06-12	B	0.6 ATH	0/3	The zone kept its promises.
LAA @ TB2026-05-31	B+	1.5 TB	1/3	The corners were friendlier in one direction tonight.
WSH @ CLE2026-05-26	A	0.5 WSH	6/8	Hawkeye did more talking than the umpire tonight.
DET @ BAL2026-05-22	A	0.3 DET	2/5	A steady night's work behind the plate.
LAA @ TOR2026-05-08	C+	1.6 TOR	1/2	One side pitched to a slightly bigger plate.
BAL @ NYY2026-05-04	B+	0.3 NYY	3/4	Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines.
AZ @ MIL2026-04-30	C+	0.1 AZ	1/4	The zone shrank when the pitchers needed it most.
CHC @ LAD2026-04-25	B+	0.1 CHC	2/5	You had to throw it down Broadway to get the call.
ATH @ SEA2026-04-20	B-	0.3 ATH	0/0	Expanded the plate a touch past its 17 inches.
MIA @ DET2026-04-12	B	0.6 DET	4/6	A steady night's work behind the plate.
BAL @ CWS2026-04-07	B	0.8 BAL	1/3	Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.
ATL @ AZ2026-04-03	A+	0.2 AZ	6/7	The challenge cart got its steps in.
NYY @ SEA2026-03-30	B	1.2 NYY	5/5	The challenge cart got its steps in.